"According to the December 3, 2012 issue of Time magazine, 3.37 million South African children under the age of 17 have lost one or both parents to AIDS. Sixty-four percent of those children are being raised by their grandmothers." This speech introduction, meant to shock and arouse the audience, is called a
A) quotation.
B) rhetorical question.
C) narrative.
D) startling statement.

Question

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The introduction is meant to shock and arouse the audience through a startling statement, revealing the staggering number of South African children who have lost parents to AIDS and the high percentage of those children being raised by their grandmothers.

"According to the December 3, 2012 Issue of Time Magazine